Articles tagged with Cognitive Development
Pediatric researcher Holly A. Ruff warns against applying large-group study findings to explain individual behavior, citing limitations in IQ testing and the complexity of vulnerability/resilience. Vulnerable children from disadvantaged backgrounds may face additional risk factors such as poor nutrition and lack of protective factors.
Researchers found that lower precombat and current intelligence were associated with PTSD symptoms among Vietnam veterans. Lower intelligence may lead to increased feelings of overwhelm and helplessness, increasing the risk for chronic PTSD.
Research reveals family characteristics and early child care experiences have a greater impact on the mother-child relationship than non-maternal child care. High-quality care reduces negative effects, but family traits and child temperaments play a significant role.
The NICHD study found that high-quality child care in the first three years of life is positively related to early cognitive and language development. Children in center care with positive caregiver-child interaction performed better on cognitive and language measures.
A twin study by Yale University psychologist J. Steven Reznick found that environment plays a greater role in how many words a child understands than genetic factors. The study also showed that language comprehension rather than spoken language at ages 14 and 20 months predicts intelligence test scores at 24 months.
Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a reproducible method demonstrating that subliminal messages can influence human cognition. The technique, called the response window technique, uses a brief flicker of time to test unconscious cognition on over 300 volunteer subjects.